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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
CRITICS GRA467 - 2 + 2 5

TYPE OF COURSE UNITElective Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY-
SEMESTER-
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED5
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Associate Professor Eylem Tataroğlu
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Comprehension competence of basic art and design knowledge theoritically and practically.
2) Competence of communication and effective usage of Turkish
3) Competence of visual communication and self expression
4) Competence of working within a specified concept and limits
5) Competence of perception
6) Competence of correlating, interpreting past, present and future in design field
7) Competence of critical thinking
8) Competence of thinking in a context
9) Competence of constituting relation between historical, communal and economic conditions and art and design processes
10) Competence of working between disciplines in Art and design field
11) Competence of speaking at a level making critics and comparisons about ethic theories and making analysis
12) Competence of perception and problem solving
13) Competence of conceptual thinking and expressing the thoughts visually
14) Competence of transmitting message by means of illustration in visual communication
MODE OF DELIVERY
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTAesthtetics
COURSE DEFINITIONIn this course, criticism methods will be introduced and art criticism will be exemplified through contemporary art / design theories.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week 1 What is criticism? What are the types of criticism?
2nd Week 2 Methods of Critism
3rd Week 3 19th century. Pre-Art Review - Velazquez: ?Las Meninas? and Practicies.
4th Week 4 Before 19th century. Art Work Review - Osman Hamdi Bey: ?Turtle Trainer? and Practicies.
5th Week 5 Art/ design Art movements after 19th century
6th Week 6 Monet ?Impression / Sunrise? Criticism Method and Practicies.
7th Week 7 Van Gogh ?Starry Night? Criticism Method and Practicies.
8th Week 8 Midterm Exam
9th Week 9 Picasso ?Guernica? Criticism Method and Practicies.
10th Week 10 Student project presentations
11th Week 11 Student project presentations
12th Week 12 Student project presentations
13th Week 13 Student project presentations
14th Week 14 Student project presentations
15th Week
16th Week
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGno
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSDiscussion,Questions/Answers,Problem Solving,Project,Presentation,Practice
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Practice130
Project150
Attendance15
Presentation of Case Study15
Total(%)90
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)90
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)10
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam144
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work3824
Preparation for Final exam188
Course hours14456
Preparation for Midterm exam166
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam144
Homework3618
Presentation (including preperation)122
Project21020
Performance Practice166
Total Workload148
Total Workload / 304,93
ECTS Credits of the Course5
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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